Janice Earle currently serves as coordinator for the Directorate for Education and Human Resources’ program evaluation activities at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is also responsible for aFoundation-wide activity on K-12 STEM education. She has been at the NSF since 1991 and has worked with several of the Foundation’s education programs. Previously Earle served as the cluster lead for the Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) and CAREER programs housed in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. Earle works with several of the agency’s policies policy oriented efforts such as those with the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, and the U.S. Department of Education. Earle received a BA in history from the University of Michigan, a MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a PhD in education policy and planning from the University of Maryland.

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grants # 0822241, 1449550, 1650648, 1743807, and 1813076. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.